The Sussexes

Surprise visit at Borough Market a day after re-opening for Prince Harry

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16th June 2017
After the recent terrorist attack that shook London’s Borough Market, the famed market re-opened to the public on Wednesday. The staff who witnessed the knife-welding attackers after eight were killed with a car on the London Bridge, paused for a minute of silence before business resumed. On Thursday, Prince Harry made a surprise visit to Borough Market, a Kensington Palace spokesperson…
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Obituary: Countess Mountbatten of Burma

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14th June 2017
Patricia Knatchbull was the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma. She was the eldest child of Lord Mountbatten of Burma. Our Queen did not celebrate her accession as it was also the anniversary of her father’s passing, but there is little doubt that Patricia Knatchbull took over from her father in the most tragic of circumstances. Lord Mountbatten was murdered by the Provisional IRA in 1979 when…
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Queen Elizabeth IIState & Ceremonial

A goat is to blame for the postponement of The Queen's Speech

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12th June 2017
The Queen’s Speech has been delayed because the government are having trouble transcribing the text onto goatskin. Every year, the speech is read out on goatskin parchment, however, it takes around a week for the ink to dry meaning amendments cannot be made. As the Conservative Party are currently undertaking negotiations with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, the whole…
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Prince & Princess of Wales

Duke of Cambridge takes the Colonel's Review ahead of Trooping

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12th June 2017
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has taken the Colonel’s Review in preparation for the Trooping the Colour which will be held next week to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s birthday. The Colonel’s Review is essentially the final rehearsal for the Trooping of the Colour which will take place this coming Saturday, 17 June. More than 6,000 spectators who watched the…
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